''Note:''{{greydot}} [[James Kilian]] did not appear on the final candidate list.''<ref>[http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/candidates_on_ballot_11_6_12_election_pdf_14022.PDF ''Wi.gov'' "Candidates on the ballot," Accessed September 14, 2012]</ref>

''Note:''{{greydot}} [[James Kilian]] did not appear on the final candidate list.''<ref>[http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/page/candidates_on_ballot_11_6_12_election_pdf_14022.PDF ''Wi.gov'' "Candidates on the ballot," Accessed September 14, 2012]</ref>

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<u>'''''November 6 General election candidates:'''''</u>

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:{{bluedot}} [[Scott Michalak]]

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:{{bluedot}} [[Scott Michalak]]: 12,795

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:{{reddot}} [[Joel Kleefisch]] {{won}}

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:{{reddot}} [[Joel Kleefisch]]: 19,181 {{won}}

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:{{yellowdot}} [[Leroy Watson]]

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:{{yellowdot}} [[Leroy Watson]]: 788

===District 39===

===District 39===

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'''Note:''' Incumbent Republican [[Jeff Fitzgerald]] did not seek re-election. He is instead running for the [[United States Senate elections, 2012|U.S. Senate]].

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'''Note:''' Incumbent Republican [[Jeff Fitzgerald]] did not seek re-election. He instead ran for the [[United States Senate elections, 2012|U.S. Senate]].

'''Note:''' Incumbent Democrat [[Mark Pocan]] did not seek re-election. He is instead running for [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district elections, 2012|Wisconsin's 2nd district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name=USCong>[http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/on-politics/article_d9f5403c-d95c-11e0-acde-001cc4c002e0.html ''Wisconsin State Journal'' "State Reps. Kelda Helen Roys, Mark Pocan to run for Congress," September 7, 2011]</ref>

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'''Note:''' Incumbent Democrat [[Mark Pocan]] did not seek re-election. He instead ran for [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district elections, 2012|Wisconsin's 2nd district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name=USCong>[http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/on-politics/article_d9f5403c-d95c-11e0-acde-001cc4c002e0.html ''Wisconsin State Journal'' "State Reps. Kelda Helen Roys, Mark Pocan to run for Congress," September 7, 2011]</ref>

'''Note:''' Incumbent Democrat [[Kelda Helen Roys]] did not seek re-election. She is instead running for [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district elections, 2012|Wisconsin's 2nd district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name=UScong/>

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'''Note:''' Incumbent Democrat [[Kelda Helen Roys]] did not seek re-election. She instead ran for [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district elections, 2012|Wisconsin's 2nd district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name=UScong/>

Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in Wisconsin in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state house races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year

Number of candidates

Total contributions

2010

273

$7,619,470

2008

245

$8,861,602

2006

209

$6,451,473

2004

232

$6,098,873

2002

220

$4,168,776

In 2010, the candidates for state assembly raised a total of $7,619,470 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were: [2]

Impact of redistricting

New maps were passed by the Republican-controlled legislature on July 19, 2011 and quietly signed by Gov. Scott Walker (R) on August 9, the day of six senate recall elections; the maps are expected to help them maintain majorities in both chambers, and the timing of the signing was suspect to Democrats, who accused Walker of obscuring his intentions. A federal lawsuit was filed by Democrats and later consolidated with another suit from an immigrant rights group; it sought to prevent the 2012 elections from being held with the new maps. Though the federal panel took Republicans to task for not acting transparently, it ruled that only two of 132 Assembly districts -- 8 and 9, both in Milwaukee with a Hispanic voting bloc -- could not stand.[3][4][5]

Qualifications

Section 6 of Article 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution states, "No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not have resided one year within the state, and be a qualified elector in the district which he may be chosen to represent."